💻・modding-dev

[frosty dock]

or only instances where they're being used without smods

[rough furnace]

yes

moreso a mod that can be used with only lovely

[frosty dock]

most likely talisman then

[rough furnace]

oh yeah

forgor it

[gaunt thistle]

wasn't debugplus originally a lovely mod?

[rough furnace]

It still is

[gaunt thistle]

ya so the answer is easy

[rough furnace]

well talisman might be used more

[gaunt thistle]

well

isn't smods the most used lovely mod?

smods, then talisman, then debugplus

[rough furnace]

yes

probably

[edgy reef]

What afterwards?

[viral stream]

i try this and hasn't really worked out, get a crash, and the desc of the card even shows as Retrigger this card nil additional times instead of 1 so i don't know what's up with that

😭

[gaunt thistle]

no one else uses lovely so probably nothing

[wintry solar]

handy is lovely only right?

[sonic cedar]

so then the cardarea, setting_blind, and blind are there on a different TIMING? like the most obvious timing there is the context, being it's when the blind starts. what i dont get are how to use the objects in the context/timing table. like, can you explain what you mean by using context.blind to access the blind?

[viral stream]

just started with modding yesterday so i also may be stupid

[rough furnace]

theres that saturn mod thats lovely only

I've made a couple other lovely only mods noone uses

[edgy reef]

Same

[gaunt thistle]

what does lovely itself count as?

it's probably the most downloaded in whatever category it's in

[rough furnace]

it's a library injected mod

[gaunt thistle]

an affront to god

[rough furnace]

which means its probably competing with stuff like bepinx or whatever

[viral stream]

idk if it's because i'm trying to make the retrigger be as an edition that makes it need to be different

[sonic cedar]

i was gonna say it's probably like bepinx

[edgy reef]

I'd assume it would either count as a library or a modding framework.

[edgy reef]

Our mods are too underground 😭

[rough furnace]

I have a modifed version of the smods crash handler to work without smods

[edgy reef]

Same

[rough furnace]

wait really?

[wintry solar]

no they're all the same timing, think of each 'context' as an envelope of information. When you start a new blind it sends this envelope to each calculate function of items that you have, where the envelop contains three other envelopes, one called setting_blind, one called cardarea and one called blind. Your function looks at the outer envelope and decides if it wants to do anything with whats inside

[edgy reef]

👍

Just a coy of SMODS version

It may not look like it but I do in fact keep Flower Pot updated and tracking crashes without this is a pain

[rough furnace]

oh yeah I frogot I ported some of the changes for the smods one to not crash without smods

so it could be loaded earlier

https://github.com/WilsontheWolf/balatro-mods/tree/master/lovely/crashhandler

[sonic cedar]

so then does that mean in the outer envelope i should put the blinds the joker would work with, and then like assign those blinds inside of an inner envelope?

[wintry solar]

you don't put anything in the envelopes

they're just envelopes of information

[sonic cedar]

so

OH

OHHHH

the stuff that it says it's equal to in the docs is jsut that

what it is/represents?

[wintry solar]

yes

[gaunt thistle]

first mod I've seen that patches love2d

very cool

[rough furnace]

true (I could just module patch main preload=true)

or maybe conf

[sonic cedar]

and then anything i put inside of the context uses cardarea, etc as the representative? like i wont have to type out G.jokers i can just write context.cardarea

[wintry solar]

you;d use context.cardarea but you wouldn't often need to reference the cardarea specifically

As I said before, that's mostly useful to differentiate between being played and held for playing cards

but, for example, if you needed to check which blind was being set, you could reference context.blind and find the properties within that

[sonic cedar]

so something like if context.blind == [some blind property here]

then i set the reset variable to true if the thing wasnt triggered and that triggers the reset

[wintry solar]

so you could do if context.blind.boss then to only work on boss blinds, for example

[sonic cedar]

ohhh ok ok

[wintry solar]

you can use == but you'd need to specify the property on context.blind too

[sonic cedar]

like boss

or does that mean something else

[wintry solar]

boss would ignore small and big blinds

[sonic cedar]

right

[wintry solar]

you'd want something like context.blind.config.blind.key

[sonic cedar]

so let me see here

        if context.end_of_round then
            if context.blind.config.blind.key == context.blind.boss then
                
            end
        end

id set it up like this so it triggers at the end of the round?

wait i forgot the

[frosty dock]

there's no context.blind in end_of_round

you'd replace it with G.GAME.blind here

or in any context that isn't setting_blind

[wintry brook]

is there a way to check if a card is showing its front? i tried a bunch of stuff but only stone cards work with this implementation

[sonic cedar]

like this?

[tall wharf]

do i have to manually stop each jokers individually if it has something to do with suits or ranks

[viral stream]

i'm getting this error when trying to make an edition that retriggers the card not sure what i'm doing wrong on this

  calculate = function(self, card, context)
      return {
          message = localize('k_again_ex'),
          repetitions = 1,
      }
  end

[frosty dock]

yes but I don't think that comparison makes sense

you'd use the key part to check for a specific blind

[sonic cedar]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

can i put a variable there? or will i have to like do each boss blind separately

[wintry solar]

you need a context check

[viral stream]

which context check? joker_main?

[frosty dock]

what are you trying to check for?

[wintry brook]

just needed to remove config from replace_base_card 😶

[viral stream]

am i just missing something, i thought it would be context like so

    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.joker_main then
            return {
                message = localize('k_again_ex'),
                repetitions = 1,
                card = self
            }
        end
    end

but this one isn't retriggering it either

[sonic cedar]

the joker is supposed to gain chips each time a played hand triggers the boss blind, but if you ever complete a boss blind without triggering the effect at least once it resets the joker's chips. i'm trying to check for certain blinds because obviously certain blinds wont work with this so i need to be able to filter them out of the joker's check

[worthy stirrup]

Where would I begin with making a custom stake

[frosty dock]

I'd set up something like

local blind_keys = {
  bl_wheel = true,
  bl_serpent = true,
  -- etc.
}
if blind_keys[G.GAME.blind.config.blind.key] then
  -- it's one of the specified blinds
else
  -- it's a different one
end

the other way is to just chain equality checks with or but that's unreadable

[sonic cedar]

oh wow

and would i set this up inside of the end_of_round still?

[frosty dock]

inside whatever other context check you need it in

[sonic cedar]

ok got it

thanks you four

ill see if i can get it working

[wintry solar]

you want context.retrigger_joker_check iirc

[atomic edge]

how do you destroy a joker?

[viral stream]

i've tried using that one and it uses the one initial proc still

calculate = function(self, card, context)
      if context.retrigger_joker_check then
          return {
              message = localize('k_again_ex'),
              repetitions = 1,
              card = self
          }
      end
  end

sorry if i'm being stupid just started yesterday

[wintry solar]

oh have you enabled retriggers?

[viral stream]

how would i go about doing that because not as far as i know

[sonic cedar]

is verdant leaf under bl_leaf?

[viral stream]

is this just to be added in the config

[atomic edge]

i dont know but this is the code of sock and busking which does a similar thing so maybe you can just copy that and change the context.other_card to self

    key = 'sock_and_buskin2',
    loc_txt = {
        name = 'Sock and Buskin',
        text = {
            "Retrigger all",
            "played {C:attention}face{} cards"
        }
    },
    config = { extra = { repetitions = 1 } },
    rarity = 2,
    atlas = 'ModdedVanilla',
    pos = { x = 4, y = 0 },
    cost = 6,
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        -- Checks that the current cardarea is G.play, or the cards that have been played, then checks to see if it's time to check for repetition.
        -- The "not context.repetition_only" is there to keep it separate from seals.
        if context.cardarea == G.play and context.repetition and not context.repetition_only then
            -- context.other_card is something that's used when either context.individual or context.repetition is true
            -- It is each card 1 by 1, but in other cases, you'd need to iterate over the scoring hand to check which cards are there.
            if context.other_card:is_face() then
                return {
                    message = 'Again!',
                    repetitions = card.ability.extra.repetitions,
                    -- The card the repetitions are applying to is context.other_card
                    card = context.other_card
                }
            end
        end
    end
}```

[sonic cedar]

under repetitions iirc

[ionic timber]

hey, sorry if this is a dumb question as I'm not the best dev around and just got into balatro modding today, but is there a function or API call to just prevent scoring from happening ? (for example when you play a card that is debuffed or trigger a blind boss that prevent you from scoring points)

[sonic cedar]

nvm got it

[mellow marsh]

where would i go to report a steamodded bug? i think i found an issue with how it implements negative playing cards that should probably be fixed

[wintry solar]

what's the issue

[mellow marsh]

gonna test it a bit more before i actually report it but i believe you get a permanent hand size increase if you turn a negative card into a negative card, via death

you definitely get a permanent hand size increase from Something. i encountered this during a run, and that's my best guess for what the cause was

[viral stream]

sorry again @wintry solar where would i put this in the edition

[viral stream]

i tried checking through s+b i couldn't get it to work

[atomic edge]

yes happened to me also, i thought it was an ortalab issue because every time i copied negative cards using the leo zodiac it happened

[wintry solar]

I dont see where it's gone on the wiki

[autumn geode]

sorry to bother you but could I make use of your exodia code in my mod (another exodia how innovative, lol)

[sonic cedar]

are we fr right now

[autumn geode]

you need a second =

also you dont need to do that at all

just if ScoreReset then

[sonic cedar]

ohhh right = for assignment

[autumn geode]

yee if you are comparing then its ==

[sonic cedar]

anyone know what are we using since eval_this is deprecated?

[cerulean rose]

calculate_effect

[sonic cedar]

k thanks

[autumn geode]

thanks man appreciate it

oh quick one has it changed how we access the name of the joker now away from center.key because its crashing thinking center is nil @cerulean rose

[cerulean rose]

what does your code look like?

works fine for me

[wooden badge]

Anyone willing to help me out with this quick one? What's the easiest way to check if the G.jokers.cardsarray changes size (i.e. adding or removing a joker) - it feels like the answer is super easy and i'm being plum stupid

[autumn geode]

could you not use the purchase / sell contexts?

[cerulean rose]

your copy of forbidden_part_added is missing parameters

[wooden badge]

sure but sell doesn't include destruction and purchase doesn't include random generation

or does it?

[cerulean rose]

it doesn't

[wooden badge]

no didn't think so

[autumn geode]

oh shit right

[wooden badge]

How would one do it under ANY circumstance

[autumn geode]

ah i must have messed up the copy paste

[wooden badge]

i feel like storing the array size and then comparing is something but that is fixed to only when calculate can be called right?

for example, taking a joker from a buffoon pack

[autumn geode]

you can do the one that is called every frame

[wooden badge]

that doesn't trigger calculate?

[autumn geode]

i think its just update?

[wooden badge]

oh fug

i forgot about that one

as in a context? or is it a whole 'nother function block

[iron iron]

so how do i make a texture pack exactly

[autumn geode]

function block

[wooden badge]

ah and dt i assume is delta time

[autumn geode]

yeah

[wooden badge]

like how often it updates

[autumn geode]

well so if you want to seperate it from frames dt is difference between frames

so if you want to do it for example each second

[faint yacht]

Executes every frame.

[autumn geode]

but for you yeah each frame seems good

[wooden badge]

yeah what are the units of dt

just for info

like putting 1

1 what

[autumn geode]

1 second

[wooden badge]

second?

ok sick

[autumn geode]

afaik

thats the common practice anyway

[wooden badge]

so balatro running at 60fps esentially has dt default value at (1/60)

[cerulean rose]

dt is the time that the current frame took

[autumn geode]

oh right

[wooden badge]

hmm what's the practical use for that arg then?

just a debug/speed thing?

[cerulean rose]

to count real time

[wooden badge]

oh ok

[faint yacht]

G.TIMERS.REAL

[tight thistle]

is there a way to create custom colors to be used in the mod?

[cerulean rose]

yes

[faint yacht]

Just need more exact "contexts" to collect. 🐶

[iron iron]

ill prob just make it malverk ig

[restive bronze]

How can I make a joker set the chips/mult to a value? I want to make a joker that moves part of the chips to mult

[faint yacht]

I have a Joker that "swaps" the values of the two around, but you could adapt it to what you need exactly.

[restive bronze]

ok thanks

[tight thistle]

...great!

[gaunt thistle]

Lilim have you been figuring things out?

[tight thistle]

regarding what?

[gaunt thistle]

With the weird event queue issues you were having.

[tight thistle]

yes! thanks to a bit of help we diagnosed the problem and i managed to come up with a solution for it

[gaunt thistle]

yay!!! that's great

[wintry solar]

this is needlessly complicated, just return swap = true

[faint yacht]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[wintry solar]

prints true then false when theres a matching card wtf game

oh I am big noob lul

[faint yacht]

...oddly enough, works well enough. Though I should probably swap to G.STATE comparisons.

[autumn geode]

I was smoking something wild earlier gonna blame it on it being late, yeah if you wanted to wait a set amount of time you would just add up the dt between updates then when it hit your value do something

[woeful tundra]

when we use add_joker to give a joker at the stat of a run, what do we put as the string for the joker? I thought it would be the key for the joker, but that doesnt seem to be the case...

trying to give myself one of my own custom jokers

[autumn geode]

Make sure you prefix your key with j_PREFIX where prefix is the mod prefix you outlined

So like j_mymod_myjoker

[woeful tundra]

is the prefix set in the steammodded header?

[autumn geode]

Yeah

You can take ownership of an existing joker and change it https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/API-Documentation#taking-ownership

[sonic cedar]

i have returned much later with a dilemma
why isnt this working at all? it isn't even printing

if context.debuffed_hand then
            if G.GAME.blind.triggered then
                card.ability.extra.chips = card.ability.extra.chips + card.ability.extra.chip_gain
                ScoreReset = false
                return {
                    message = 'Silver!',
                    colour = G.C.CHIPS,
                    card = card
                }
            end
        end
        if context.end_of_round then
            local blind_keys = {
                bl_window = true,
                bl_head = true,
                bl_club = true,
                bl_goad = true,
                bl_plant = true,
                bl_tooth = true,
                bl_pillar = true,
                bl_flint = true,
                bl_eye = true,
                bl_mouth = true,
                bl_psychic = true,
                bl_arm = true,
                bl_ox = true,
                bl_final_leaf = true
            }  
            if blind_keys[G.GAME.blind.config.blind.key] then
                if ScoreReset then
                    print(ScoreReset)
                    return {
                        message = 'Oops!',
                        card = card
                    }
                end  
            else
                print(ScoreReset)
                return {
                    message = 'Greedy!',
                    card = card
                }
            end
            ScoreReset = false
        end
    end
}

[native cargo]

Wouldn't sendDebugMessage() be better to use than print?

[sonic cedar]

let me

try that

[native cargo]

I'm not entirely sure though

[wintry solar]

nah print is ifne

[native cargo]

Okay, then I defintely was having a function not run when I tried it. I wasn't entirely sure if print would output to the console or if love hijacks the print command.

[sonic cedar]

well if print is fine ill leave it

but it still just wont give chips

let alone reset it

[wintry solar]

you don't ahve anything here to give chips

[native cargo]

Maybe you're function isn't being called.

[sonic cedar]

at the top

[wintry solar]

oh you mean gain chips

[sonic cedar]

yessorry

[wintry solar]

I don't think you need the triggered check

[sonic cedar]

wait really?

but then how will it know if the boss blind was triggered?

[wintry solar]

because debuffed_hand will only be called when it is triggered

[sonic cedar]

oh my god yoiure right

fixed stuff up gonna see if it works now

actually wait what about the prints

why dont those show up in anything?

[ionic timber]

hey, it seems that for some reason I never manage to execute any code in context.main_scoring , it is actually supposed to trigger when playing a hand, right ? (and also, does it work in a deck/SMODS.back ?)
Also, I've been wondering how to flag the played hand as debuffed ? I know that G.GAME.blind.debuff_hand() exist but it doesn't seem to work, or I misunderstood it's usage (seems to exist to return true if the current hand is debuffed) anyway, any help is greatly appreciated

[tall wharf]

are you looking to trigger cards one by one

[ionic timber]

nah not really, it's just that my deck's gimmick is that I can only play one hand type and any other one should be debuffed , so I guess not

[merry raven]

What's the difference between context.after and not context.before?

[woeful tundra]

                {
                    message = "+2",
                    colour = G.C.yellow,
                    card = joker
                }```  how do I make the joker shake and display the message, this currently has the message above the card, and no shake

[foggy carbon]

do you guys consider selling an Egg to be "consuming" a food joker?

[sonic cedar]

...it did not

[foggy carbon]

context.before is before a hand scores (see: Space Joker). context.after is specifically after a hand scores (see: almost all Xmult jokers).

not context.before will also proc things like shops or opening boosters

[foggy carbon]

really liking the trans-flag UI changes. But how does it affect the Plasma Deck?

[sonic cedar]

good question

[sonic cedar]

where did the frames go

[foggy carbon]

lag

[cyan dune]

Wow, a pocket 7

[sonic cedar]

better

[tall wharf]

i think i should add custom sleeves for my mod

[sonic cedar]

real?

[tall wharf]

yeah

letter deck sleeve

[sonic cedar]

make it a fridge

with letter magnets

[sonic cedar]

does anyone know how i can fix this?

[tall wharf]

huh

[sonic cedar]

have you never seen.. the letter fridge magnets?

[tall wharf]

i have but how would that look on a sleeve

[sonic cedar]

like uh

let me just

ok so here's the sleeve right

[tall wharf]

so just a fridge?

[tall wharf]

ah ok

[sonic cedar]

is this good idea

cause im just spitballing

[tall wharf]

i already have deck design

[sonic cedar]

wait did you mean

card sleeves

i thought you meant like the deck sleeve

like each card has its own sleeve?

[tall wharf]

no like

i already have the deck back texture designed

[sonic cedar]

so then what do you mean by sleeve?

or do you literally mean you havent added it yet

[foggy carbon]

card sleeves is the name of a mod that allows you to combine two decks' powers, by applying a sleeve based on one deck to another deck

[sonic cedar]

i know this
i own it--
i get it now

i may be stupid

[native cargo]

Is there documentation on the Balatro -> Lovely -> SMODS -> MOD Lifecycle? I'm wondering when our code gets injected and when certain things are ran.

[tall wharf]

anyway

if anyone wants to do cross mod content feel free to tell me

fuck it im making people spell pokemon names

[foggy carbon]

my understanding is:

• lovely directly applies its code to the source code. In this manner, it's a complete rewrite/replacement of Balatro
• SMODS is additional framework that makes doing certain things easier, based on changes within lovely's rewrite. In this sense, it is a library (or "gem", as Ruby calls them) that your mod depends on.

[native cargo]

Alright that much I was figuring. I was wondering how overriding methods in your code worked and what not. I've downloaded quite a few mods to see how things were being done, and other than the fact quite a few of them used 0.98 SMODS code, which made learning how to use the version 1 a little painful. I don't fully understand why we're not using lovely to just patch the code instead of overwriting certain methods. I'm not sure if it was bad practice or bad for the system, etc.

[tight thistle]

so... how do i make a list of colours to use?

[modern kindle]

with how the game is scoring things left to right, is it possible for me to have the scoring iterate left to right, then retrigger them in right to left?

[tall wharf]

so i guess i am not original huh

[nova finch]

I'm trying to make a joker that triggers for a random suit each round like castle and ancient joker
I have code for it that's heavily copied off of ancient joker and it works but I don't want it to use ancient joker's randomization
however when I try to make the suit var its own variable it crashes and says it's a nil value

[tall wharf]

i'd say before everything is scored add all events to the queue

[modern kindle]

all i wish for in this world is to say 'if card then reverse please thank u end'
alas, i must add events

[ivory coral]

hi chat, how do i go about making a joker that retriggers other jokers? i tried copying some code from a joker that retriggers played cards but it doesnt work (does nothing), heres what ive got atm

    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        --[[ doesn't work, bruh
        if context.repetition and context.joker_main then
            return {
                repetitions = card.ability.extra.repetitions,
                message = localize('k_again_ex'),
                card = card
            }
        end
        ]]```
i also tried pasting in some code from another mod but that just made it crash sadly

[mystic river]

joker repetitions need to be enabled in your mod, for one thing

[ivory coral]

how do i go about doing that

[faint yacht]

SMODS.current_mod.optional_features = function()
    return {
        retrigger_joker = true
    }
end

[mystic river]

it also happens in context.retrigger_joker_check, not context.repetition

[ivory coral]

ah this would probably explain the nil value crashes
i just put this somewhere in my lua file i presume

[tall wharf]

do you like this art

[mystic river]

graphic design is my passion

[last sentinel]

Anyone have any ideas as to why, when i split a lua file of multiple new challenges into seperate lua files for each challenge, now only one of them shows up in the menu?

[native cargo]

It has that certain je ne sais quoi

[faint yacht]

The main file has to call other .lua files to load.

[last sentinel]

ahh duhdoy

[faint yacht]

SMODS.load_file("file.lua")()

[tall wharf]

grafik desing passion

oh no

[sonic cedar]

ah geez…your hearts are debuffed

[tall wharf]

you can still get heart cards from standard packs

I'm working on custom boss blinds

[ivory coral]

ok ive made this (and enabled joker reps) but it still doesnt do anything, am i still missing something

    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.joker_main and context.retrigger_joker_check and context.other_card ~= card then
            return {
                repetitions = card.ability.extra.repetitions,
                message = localize('k_again_ex'),
                card = card
            }
        end
    end```
at least it doesnt crash though which is a good sign

[sonic cedar]

this is gonna be so fun when it's done

[tall wharf]

look forward to people playing it

you can already try a beta version if you want

[sonic cedar]

noted noted

i mean it's late now so my brain isnt functional enough for balatro but

ill keep it in mind

[tall wharf]

#1326135270759993364

[merry raven]

G.play.cards accounts for both played but unscored and scored cards right?

[tall wharf]

😭

[wooden nexus]

2/4

[tall wharf]

why are you adding a new suit

[wooden nexus]

because it's for a specific deck

[wooden nexus]

I'm removing the other ones that are in balatro in that deck

[last sentinel]

Stillll seem to be having the same issue...

    SMODS.load_file("Copycat.lua")()
    SMODS.load_file("Golden_Bite.lua")()
    SMODS.load_file("Mod_Madness.lua")()
    SMODS.load_file("Stargazer.lua")()
    SMODS.load_file("Cost_of_Business.lua")()
    SMODS.load_file("Wild_Side.lua")()

    SMODS.init_localization()
end

and then i removed the smods.init.etr from the other lua files... still just Copycat that shows up in the challenges list

[wooden nexus]

well ain't that a bit annoying

If you had them @ replied before, why do it again? lol

[ivory coral]

as it happens its your mod im currently dissecting to try and make this work, any ideas on why card.ability.extra.retriggers in if context.retrigger_joker_check and not context.retrigger_joker and context.other_card ~= card then if card.ability.extra.retriggers < 1 then card.ability.extra.retriggers = 1 end return { message = localize('k_again_ex'), repetitions = card.ability.extra.repetitions, card = card, } end would be nil?
at least thats what i think the crash log is saying ("attempt to compare nil with number")

[lethal mural]

how would i make a joker destroy a random card

i know how to destroy a selected card but not a random one

[faint yacht]

I'm not sure why you are using that within the init function? Just outside of it?

[faint yacht]

On which exact line is it crashing for ye?

[faint yacht]

Random where?

[lethal mural]

so i want to have it when the round starts destroy 1 random card in hand and gain 5 mult

[foggy carbon]

(I assume Ali means whether you want it to be a random card from the played hand, from the deck, etc.)

[faint yacht]

Well, you can pick a random card currently held by local rndcard = pseudorandom_element(G.hand.cards, pseudoseed('optionalseedhere'))... then rndcard:start_dissolve(). Though, at beginning of a round... that's context.first_hand_drawn.

[lethal mural]

ok so i had it mostly right i think

i had context.full_hand instead of G.hand.cards and it did not like that

[faint yacht]

What about wrapping that card destruction in an event?

[lethal mural]

nop

[faint yacht]

Does it crash right after selecting the blind or when the hand is fully drawn?

[lethal mural]

right after selecting the blind

it seems the issue is that its trying to remove a card before the card even exists

[tacit flicker]

EWWWWWW

[ivory coral]

sorry late reply, mb
this line
if card.ability.extra.retriggers < 1 then card.ability.extra.retriggers = 1 end

[native cargo]

I was able to get somethings working... until I wasn't. Working on "sacrificing" cards. I have the methods hooked up but the buttons are behind the card. How should I go apart fixing it?

[wooden nexus]

oh it gets worse

[faint yacht]

What's your config part of the Joker definition?

[faint yacht]

Why not try to kill a card from the deck then?

[tall wharf]

fixed my mod ❤️

i fucked up punctuations

[ivory coral]

config = { extra = {repetitions = 1 } },

[tall wharf]

what the FUCK that is cursed

[wooden nexus]

What?

They're playing cards

[faint yacht]

That'd explain it. The check is for config = { extra = { retriggers = 1 } }.

[tall wharf]

😭

[lethal mural]

ok so

uh

i got it to remove a card but for some reason it removes a card EVERY FRAME and crashes when it hits 0

[wooden nexus]

what?

[tall wharf]

cursed

[ivory coral]

aah that would make sense wouldnt it
i thought it was a separate thing from like the context
ill give that a shot thanks lad

[lethal mural]

wait

i see the problem

i forgot the return statement

ok now it should work i think

basically i just looked at how Certificate adds a card and reinterpreted it for card removal instead

IT WORKS

[tall wharf]

is this deltarune reference

[lethal mural]

is this reasonable for an uncommon btw

trying to be balanced

[ivory coral]

ok im still getting the same crash

    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.retrigger_joker_check and not context.retrigger_joker and context.other_card ~= card then
            if card.ability.extra.retriggers < 1 then card.ability.extra.retriggers = 1 end
            return {
                message = localize('k_again_ex'),
                repetitions = card.ability.extra.retriggers,
                card = card,
            }
        end
    end```
its still trying to compare nil with number

[slender island]

Is there a console so i can test out my mods?

[lethal mural]

DebugPlus

[slender island]

Thanks

[tall wharf]

yea debugplus

[faint yacht]

Respawn the Joker.

[tall wharf]

yea

i found out that each card has its own instance of stuff

[ivory coral]

ah well whaddya know
it actually works now
balatro modding is weird i guess
thanks for the help

[foggy carbon]

wait, what is the premise here? That every card has a letter on it, and that you can score points by spelling words?

[tall wharf]

yes

it's basically Scrabble

[foggy carbon]

do you have a dictionary built into your mod?

[tall wharf]

yes

i can add any words I want to it

[tepid crow]

yoo that'd be sick

[tall wharf]

enabling letters by default

[tepid crow]

wooo

[tall wharf]

my mod should be compatible with cryptid

i tried to make my patches to be not invasive as possible

man i love being creative

[merry raven]

Where can I find Jimbo's particles?

[rough furnace]

they are defined in card_character.lua I belive

[merry raven]

Wonder if I could slap it on one of my playing cards

Found this

Can Editions or Enhancements take in draw = function(self, card, layer)

[ionic verge]

would this be the way to have a probability that could increase based off of odds_mult?

cool thx

[slender island]

Why does mobile modding us forbidden?

[ionic verge]

so a couple things
a. that joker that spawns is supposed to always be negative, what gives
b. the spawn looks a little fucked up?

any ideas?

(for context, i have this line always setting the second joker to negative)

[merry raven]

I really like how the Antimatter Joker somewhat resembles Jimbo

[ionic verge]

yep

was really fun to work out

[faint yacht]

One frame.

[tall wharf]

that dog is so me

jk

[tight thistle]

hello! i have a question, as usual
when a card has an event attached to it, is there a way for that event to call for another card to do something, or are events exclusively tied to the card they come from?

[faint yacht]

You should be able to call other cards.

[foggy carbon]

where is the documentation about take_ownership? I'm trying to take control of Ramen to fix the bug I found (and I did leave a comment in #1237805810533531650 about it), but when I write the calculate function it keeps telling me things do not exist when they work perfectly fine for jokers I flat out created.

[tight thistle]

great! what is the way to do it?

[faint yacht]

If event is spawned from calculate of a Joker and what not and context.other_card exists, you can reference it.

[tight thistle]

how would i specify the card that i want to be used in the event?

(also assuming that context.other_card is used in the same place that card: would be?)

[faint yacht]

As long as it points to a valid card from where the event is added, a local variable within the event or outside of it could reference the desired card. If context is available to the event at time of addition, when context.other_card becomes a valid card reference, that can be used too.

[tight thistle]

sorry, im a little slow so i want to make sure i understand everything, so at the very start of the event, i define another card

[faint yacht]

As long as you're not overriding the original reference.

[tight thistle]

the original reference?

[faint yacht]

Is this for destruction of a card or something?

[tight thistle]

i want to try to add speech boxes to a second card, then the card is destroyed, yes

[faint yacht]

So the "source" card and the "target" card.

[tight thistle]

yeah! what i want to happen is
ive coded the "source" card to stop the event queue and play a series of speech boxes
when all those speech boxes are over, i want the "target" card to also play a set of speech bubbles before destroying itself

[faint yacht]

As long as you provide the "pointer" to the respective cards when creating said events, be it a local of something or context.other_card or w/e, you should be fine.

[tight thistle]

how would i go about using a local or context.other_card? apologies for making you explain everything

[faint yacht]

calculate = function(self, card, context)
  -- card, context.other_card is valid here.
  local sourcecard, targetcard = card, context.other_card
  -- sourcecard and targetcard are also valid after this point, referencing the original card and context.other_card respectively
end,

[tight thistle]

right, so would this then call for the "Erlking" card?

[faint yacht]

There can be duplicates of that Joker, keep that in mind.

[tight thistle]

oh shit yeah

[faint yacht]

You can iterate over the held Jokers to find the exact one you need by iterating over G.jokers.cards and then storing the desired Joker "card" into a variable elsewhere, like an another local, but before the "event" code.

[tall wharf]

why type 0

wait my question doesn't make sense

why does it show o when i type 0

[faint yacht]

local sourcecard -- defining this as nil for now.
for i = 1, #G.jokers.cards do
  if G.jokers.cards[i].config.center.key == 'j_jcbb_erlking' then sourcecard = G.jokers.cards[i] end
  -- other conditions can be added to the IF bit above, but if all of them pass, we set the earlier defined 'blank' variable to the Joker we found.
end

[tight thistle]

and sourcecard would be the card that im putting all the events in, so 'j_jcbb_heathcliff'

[faint yacht]

More of "referencing" the cards in said events. The same iteration could be done for finding the exact j_jcbb_heathcliff Joker card, but you should use a different local for it.

[tight thistle]

right, so that the whole event only happens once instead of applying to, in theory, every single copy of heathcliff you have, yeah?

[faint yacht]

To the exact pair of Erlking and Heathcliff Jokers, respectively.

[tight thistle]

yeah! yeah thats perfect

[faint yacht]

I barely use events myself anyway, but what Lua knowledge I do have tells me that it should happen like so. 🦐

[native cargo]

Figured the bug out, apparently the sizing was wrong, UI Modding is kinda hard :/

[tall wharf]

oh gosh

[tall wharf]

is it bad i read this as hatsune as in miku

[native cargo]

Lmao, I have an obsession with Cthulhu Mythos lmao. I can see how the blurry screenshot makes it sorta look like that at a glance

[tight thistle]

ah, one more question, you said i need to provide a "pointer", how exactly is that done in an event?

[faint yacht]

card, context.other_card are pointers. So is sourcecard in the other example when it is set to a Joker.

[tight thistle]

ah, cause i tried this but it doesnt seem to be working, so i think im doing something wrong here

[faint yacht]

You're not showing the full "context" of where the event is created.

[tight thistle]

oh sorry, do you need to see the full code?

[faint yacht]

Best to show the full context, yeah.

[tight thistle]

righto, here you go https://hastebin.skyra.pw/suxomecoci.pgsql

[faint yacht]

Which Joker is this being called from?

[tall wharf]

I guess I am testing UI in config now

[tight thistle]

Heathcliff

[faint yacht]

...not that I can really do much beyond this point, I barely know much about event ordering and such. 🫠

[tight thistle]

thats fine, no need to push yourself! i greatly appreciate the help youve given me up until this point

[merry raven]

draw = function(self, card, layer)
        local voidParticles = {}
        for i = 1, 2 do
            voidParticles[i] = Particles(1, 1, 0, 0, {
                timer = 0.05,
                scale = 0.3 * i,
                initialize = true,
                lifespan = 1,
                speed = 4 * i,
                attach = self,
                padding = -1,
                colours = {G.C.WHITE, lighten(G.C.PURPLE, 0.1)},
                fill = true,
            })
        end
        G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
            trigger = 'after',
            delay = 0.1,
            func = function ()
                for i = 1, #voidParticles do
                    voidParticles[i].fade_alpha = 0
                    voidParticles[i]:fade(0.3, 1)
                end
                return true
            end
        }))
    end

Trying to make a particle effect emitting from a special Edition, but attach = self is giving me issues, the error is attempt to index field "major" (a nil value)

Omitting it will just make the card itself and the particles spawn on the top left corner of the screen, any insights?

[foggy carbon]

how would I get a joker to make an exact copy of itself

[stray warren]

I'd imagine just look at what Invisible Joker does and go from there

[maiden phoenix]

If you want an exact copy, you should check invis joker like OW said, especially copy_card

[woeful tundra]

finally finished my first joker with art! Im not the best when it comes to art lol

[wintry brook]

The attach is where the particles spawn, attached to a specific center. So attach would be the card’s center

[merry raven]

I managed to figure it out but there are too many particles, what parameters are there to:

• reduce the frequency to be as sparse as Jimbo's particles
• move the particles behind the card
• properly clean up particles so that it doesn't lag the game over time

This is my current iteration:

draw = function(self, card, layer)
        local voidParticles = {}
        for i = 1, 2 do
            local particle = Particles(card.T.x, card.T.y, card.T.w, card.T.h, {
                timer = 0.3,
                scale = 0.3,
                initialize = true,
                lifespan = 2,
                speed = 1.2,
                attach = card,
                padding = -1,
                colours = {G.C.WHITE, lighten(G.C.PURPLE, 0.1)},
                fill = true,
                max = 10
            })
            voidParticles[i] = particle
        end
        
        G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
            trigger = 'after',
            delay = 0.1,
            func = function ()
                for i = 1, #voidParticles do
                    voidParticles[i].fade_alpha = 0
                    voidParticles[i]:fade(0.3, 1)
                end
                return true
            end
        }))
    end

[wintry brook]

since you put it in the draw function it’s making new particles every frame

I’d recommend making particles once when the card is given the edition, but I’m not sure if the game would remove them at some point

[merry raven]

I see

Oh and it's uber delayed as well, it seems like there's a limit on how long these particles can be emitted before disappearing entirely

[merry raven]

I wonder how Jimbo's particles did it ^

[random sleet]

by doing it once and leaving it

[merry raven]

I see

Hang on lemme figure it out

That kinda makes sense because if I switch the Edition with the particles away, the particles will still remain

[wintry solar]

You have to remove particles as well iirc

[merry raven]

I'm using this

G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
            trigger = 'after',
            delay = 0.1,
            func = function ()
                for i = 1, #voidParticles do
                    voidParticles[i].fade_alpha = 0
                    voidParticles[i]:fade(0.3, 1)
                end
                return true
            end
        }))

But not sure if it's actually removing particles in the backend

And also wouldn't that mean that particles would be rendered differently between viewing it in Collections vs obtaining it through Booster Packs

[wintry brook]

particles automatically remove themself when their scale goes below 0

but the particle spawner itself never goes away i dont think

unless you call remove on it

[merry raven]

Hm

Sort of at an impasse here

[merry raven]

Do you have any other examples of your work using particles aside from the fire dragon explosion, maybe something like a continuous particle effect

[wintry brook]

i have this to make a card look like its bleeding, it is continuous but i remove them myself after a couple seconds

its in the update function and it makes 1 particle spawner

[merry raven]

I see

Where is it defined, calculate function or something?

[wintry brook]

i havent tested if it works properly with anything other than being the in the hand

[wintry brook]

update function

since its part of an enhancement

[merry raven]

Alright I'll give it a go

[wintry brook]

probably not the best implementation but i dont think balatro has a start function like unity does

[merry raven]

Is the removal defined anywhere?

[wintry brook]

the card that made the card bleed runs fade then remove on the card's particles

[merry raven]

alrighty then

Hmm doesn't seem to render any particles in the holding hand, but does so in collections (although it does keep ramping up)

[wintry brook]

you have to set card.config.particles to something or else it will keep making them

you could set it to true after all the particles are made

[tall wharf]

cool shader

[merry raven]

Ayy cheers but it's a bit shite
The pattern doesn't move when rotating the card, only the shininess
Also it just seems to fade out over time to become a flat purple

[tall wharf]

😭

the spinny gone wtf

[merry raven]

config = {
        particles = false,
    },
....
update = function(self, card, layer)
        if not self.config.particles then
            voidParticles = {}
            for i = 1, 2 do
                voidParticles[i] = Particles(0, 0, 0, 0, {
                    timer = 0.015,
                    max = 1,
                    scale = 0.3 * i,
                    initialize = true,
                    lifespan = 1,
                    speed = 1 * i,
                    attach = card,
                    padding = -1,
                    colours = {G.C.WHITE, lighten(G.C.PURPLE, 0.1)},
                    fill = true,
                })
                voidParticles[i].fade_alpha = 0
                voidParticles[i]:fade(0.3, 1)
            end
            self.config.particles = true
        end
    end

Like this? If so, the particles aren't spawning at all, not in collections nor in hand (although it is spawned with the debug tool instead of legitimately obtaining it)

[wintry brook]

i think max = 1 would only make 1 particle spawn

also, running fade will permanently make the particles invisible

[snow valve]

How do you set a joker to bounce in alert like DNA, trading card, or an invisible joker that's ready to sell?

Is that code handled in the ui files?

[merry raven]

juice_card_until(card, eval, true)

[wintry brook]

you'd use juice_card_until

where eval is a function that when it returns true, it stops juicing the card

[merry raven]

Oh hey it worked!
But a small nitpick, how do you set the particles to be at the back of the card

And a couple more problems

• It doesn't render when it's in the holding hand, regardless of how I obtained this Edition
• It does render in Collections, but only the first time I opened it, after that the particles stop rendering, I assume that it's because I flipped the particles to true and then left it there without resetting it

@wintry brook Any insights on the first two issues?

[snow valve]

Thanks!

[slender island]

WHY THE FUCK IS THERE 2 SAME JOKERS

[wintry brook]

checking if the card is visible before making the particles should work, probably destroy the particles when the card isnt visible too

[merry raven]

What's the context for checking whether the card is visible or not

[wintry brook]

z-ordering stuff isnt native to love2d i remember, so im not sure how to put it behind the card

[wintry brook]

card.states.visible

im not sure how exactly it works so it may be finnicky but it seems to do the trick for the most part

[merry raven]

gotcha

But oof kinda a shame that we can't configure z-ordering, I wonder how they rendered Jimbo to place the particles behind him

My theory is that it rendered the particles first before the actual Jimbo card

[wintry brook]

ive been trying to figure that out myself, i think the game just makes sprites in order of when they should be rendered. so stuff in the back first then stuff on top later

i know there is a drawhash, but i feel like we may be over complicating things if we edit the draw hash manually lol

[merry raven]

Oh man

I don't even know what drawhashes are

[foggy carbon]

how do I delay an event?

What I want to do is have my joker destroy itself, then RNG either destroy one of your other jokers to clone itself back into existence with double the old xMult, or buff another joker. I'm currently working on the first scenario, and right now, the clone appears even before the original joker destroys itself.

[wintry solar]

I don’t think jimbos particles are attached to the jumbo card

There’s like a dummy object behind it from what I can tell

[wintry brook]

its basically just the order things get rendered in. its how most love2d projects do z layering

[wintry brook]

change the delay

[merry raven]

Good lord if that's the case
I don't really look forward to figuring out how to parent a dummy object anywhere I want the particles to be

[wintry solar]

At least that’s how I understand what you screenshot

[merry raven]

Also using a particle boolean is also kinda iffy, once it's set to true, any other times of seeing that card with particles again, the particles won't render

Like if I open my Collections on the first startup, sure it will render, but any other time like opening it up the second time or more, or subsequently going into gameplay to get the card, the particles don't spawn

All I have currently hmm

[wintry brook]

it works for me because if the particles ever get destroyed, self.config.particles gets set to nil

but since you have multiple sets of particles you may need to do that a little differently

[merry raven]

Hopped off my laptop for the day so I won't be able to make changes for now but
So it might be easier if I use 1 type of particle instead?

[wintry brook]

i set the variable itself to the particles, which means if the particles are ever destroyed or whatever they're attached to is destroyed, the variable sets itself to nil

[tall wharf]

wtf how do i

[merry raven]

Mmm I'll try it out later, thanks

[crisp coral]

i just check if particles exist and put the particles in the update func

[crisp coral]

dont attach particles to config 😭 attach it to children

that sounds wrong

[tall wharf]

😭

[wintry brook]

true, my original reasoning was hoping that the particles would go away if you gave it a new ability but i realize that doesnt work

[merry raven]

So config.particles is a no go?

[wintry brook]

children.particles instead

works the exact same, just more proper

[merry raven]

Aight

[crisp coral]

just :remove the particles when you're done with them

[tall wharf]

        card.children.center:draw_shader('tint', 0, card.ARGS.send_to_shader)

i might've fucked up

SMODS.Shader{
    key = "tint",
    path = "tint.fs",
}

[crisp coral]

wait what version of balatro again

😭

[tall wharf]

the what 😭

[crisp coral]

why is it 1.0.0b-DEVELOPMENT

[tall wharf]

😭 idk maybe it's the debug mod

[crisp coral]

Saturn moment????

[tall wharf]

anyhow idk if i loaded the shader correctly

i am not drawing from edition

i am drawing from card:draw

[crisp coral]

shrug

[modern kindle]

im trying to make it so if a king or queen is destroyed then it creates a copy of itself but i seem to be running into a crash here, am i dong something particularly wrong? edit; im stoopid, forgor mod prefix 💀

[foggy carbon]

testing extreme conditions

[frosty dock]

yeah that looks like Saturn smh

whoops I pinged

🥴

[crisp coral]

according to our legally binding contract, the entire smods organization is now mine because aure pinged me

[modern kindle]

what will you do with this newfound power

[frosty dock]

when did I sign that 🤔

[crisp coral]

real contract right here

[frosty dock]

totally real

Aure is my legal name btw

[fallen pelican]

I got my first joker working 💜 💜

[crisp coral]

til

[frosty dock]

not acting like my legal name isn't public information

[tall wharf]

😭

[wintry solar]

your shader code is wrong with this error

[tall wharf]

at least it's not trying to index nil

[wintry solar]

the index nil was because you missed your mod prefix off the shader name

[tall wharf]

oh wtf

i thought it did not need that

[crisp coral]

💥

[merry raven]

Once you're done with fixing it I want to see your shader lmao

[tall wharf]

i just need a tint shader so i can have wordle letter fx

[last sentinel]

If im using load_file to navigate into a folder is it just SMODS.load_file('folder/file.lua')() yes it is

[tall wharf]

is this how i pass data to the shader?

[iron iron]

how do i add a new language into the game

are there any mods that do this currently?

[sudden meadow]

If I wanted to add another tab here, after challenges, how could I do so?

I want to add a new game mode, but I don't really like how VitualizedMultiplayer mod did it

[woeful tundra]

how do we get rid o0f a joker, like the banans that expire? im trying start_dissolve, but it keeps crashing

[vagrant niche]

Hey guys I would like to get into modding the game, where can I find documentation?

[woeful tundra]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki

[vagrant niche]

ty

[sudden meadow]

you can probably use the take ownership function and then remove the joker like that

[woeful tundra]

Im trying to make one of mine expire, but when it goes to remove the joker it crashes

I dont need to take ownersdhip, just used the bananas as an example

figured it out, I was trying card.start_dissolve(nil, true) but its supposed to be card:start_dissolve(nil,true)

[sudden meadow]

ohh i see

yeah you can also do card.start_dissolve(self, nil, true)

the : just puts self for you

[merry raven]

update = function(self, card, layer)
        if card.states.visible and not card.children.particles then
            voidParticles = {}
            for i = 1, 3 do
                voidParticles[i] = Particles(1, 1, 0, 0, {
                    timer = 0.03,
                    scale = 0.3,
                    speed = 1.2,
                    lifespan = 2,
                    attach = card,
                    colours = {G.C.PURPLE, lighten(G.C.PURPLE, 0.15), darken(G.C.PURPLE, 0.2)},
                    fill = true
                })
            end
        end
    end

So is it like this? config is currently empty

[crisp coral]

uhhh no

[merry raven]

Ogh

[crisp coral]

why do you want 3 sets of particles anyway

[merry raven]

3 colours

[crisp coral]

update = function(self, card, layer)
        if card.states.visible and not card.children.particles then
            card.children.particles = Particles(1, 1, 0, 0, {
                    timer = 0.03,
                    scale = 0.3,
                    speed = 1.2,
                    lifespan = 2,
                    attach = card,
                    colours = {G.C.PURPLE, lighten(G.C.PURPLE, 0.15), darken(G.C.PURPLE, 0.2)},
                    fill = true
                })
        end
end

[merry raven]

At least, it's how Gnar Gooba did it

[crisp coral]

colours already lets you use multiple colors

[merry raven]

Hmmm it is nicely rendered in Collections, but not in gameplay

But granted, the Edition was spawned using the debug mod

[tall wharf]

oh god wtf

[crisp coral]

if you do eval dp.hovered.states.visible what does it say

[tall wharf]

oh my god fuck off

[merry raven]

You need to add tint somewhere in your vec4 effect function, even if it's useless

[merry raven]

Here's how I did mine:
float energy = pow(void_pattern + waves, 2.0) * voidwalker.x;
Replace voidwalker with your shader's name

[merry raven]

It also doesn't appear in shops either

[tall wharf]

@merry raven i think i outsmarted it

[merry raven]

guh

Aight time to see how the shader looks

[tall wharf]

man i just want to tint card green when the letter is correct 😭

[crisp coral]

actually do editions even call update func

@merry raven use on_apply and on_load 😭

[merry raven]

Ogh

[crisp coral]

and :remove in on_remove

[merry raven]

Where do I put those? Are they a part of the Particles function

[crisp coral]

no, SMODS.Edition

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/SMODS.Edition

hi aure's cat

[merry raven]

Oooooooooooooooooh

Hang on

[merry raven]

Like this?

[crisp coral]

on_apply doesnt return

and you can probably outright remove the if statement

[merry raven]

Oh right it returns void

And for on_remove I use card.children.particles:remove()?

[crisp coral]

i believe so

[merry raven]

Yippee

Wahoo

[crisp coral]

yahoo

[merry raven]

How crazy can I go with particles

[crisp coral]

and now:

• copy that to on_load
• change particles to another unique variable name incase multiple mods use it

[crisp coral]

fuck around and find out

[merry raven]

Does it have uhhh

[modern kindle]

gonna need about 1k more particles on screen man

[merry raven]

Particle spread direction

This effect spreads out in all directions, but what if I want to make one that's just like a waterfall

[tall wharf]

@merry raven ykw

i give up

good bye shader

[crisp coral]

idts

[merry raven]

Aw

[merry raven]

How much hell would I get myself into if I were to look into the roots of particle movement rendering

[woeful tundra]

is there a way to make the gtame play a custom sound when it plays the other joker effects, like when it shakes? have it setu how I thought it would work, but it plays the sound right when the cards are played instead, but the joker shakes at the expected time

[crisp coral]

i'd advise against it

[merry raven]

Man

[crisp coral]

if you're on newcalc, you can return sound with the sound key in your joker return

[woeful tundra]

that worked! thank you!

[random sleet]

id love to do a similar effect, if it's fine with you would i be able to peruse your code for this in full? :3?

[merry raven]

The swirl or the particles

[random sleet]

the particles

[merry raven]

SMODS.Edition({
    key = "voidwalker",
    shader = "voidwalker",
    loc_txt = {
        name = "Voidwalker",
        label = "Voidwalker",
        text = {
            "Nothing yet!"
        }
    },
    disable_shadow = false,
    disable_base_shader = false,
    on_apply = function(card)
        card.children.particles_voidwalker = Particles(1, 1, 0, 0, {
            timer = 0.03,
            scale = 0.3,
            speed = 1.2,
            lifespan = 2,
            attach = card,
            colours = {G.C.PURPLE, lighten(G.C.PURPLE, 0.15), darken(G.C.PURPLE, 0.2)},
            fill = true
        })
    end,
    on_load = function(card)
        card.children.particles_voidwalker = Particles(1, 1, 0, 0, {
            timer = 0.03,
            scale = 0.3,
            speed = 1.2,
            lifespan = 2,
            attach = card,
            colours = {G.C.PURPLE, lighten(G.C.PURPLE, 0.15), darken(G.C.PURPLE, 0.2)},
            fill = true
        })
    end,
    on_remove = function(card)
        card.children.particles_voidwalker:remove()
    end,
    discovered = true,
    unlocked = true,
    config = {},
    in_shop = true,
    weight = 3,
    apply_to_float = true,
    loc_vars = function(self)
        return { vars = {} }
    end
})

[random sleet]

bet

[merry raven]

Replace voidwalker with your own particle name, just to be safe so that it doesn't conflict with other mods

[random sleet]

card particles!

cardicles!

[merry raven]

I think you can slap it on any card type, Jokers, Enhancements, Editions, etc

[random sleet]

yea thats what i was thinkin

[crisp coral]

particles are super fun to mess* around with

[random sleet]

this looks expansible

[merry raven]

I only wish for proper particle direction

[random sleet]

they just kinda aimlessly drift by default right

[merry raven]

Yeah

Like Jimbo's particles

[random sleet]

yeeeeeer

[merry raven]

But also another one that I wish it has is z-ordering

[random sleet]

oh yeah its forced on top eh

[tall wharf]

fuck the shader

[merry raven]

Rn the particles render on top of the card instead of beneath it, the way to mitigate it is probably through a very convoluted way

[tall wharf]

im doing this

[merry raven]

@crisp coral Sorry for the repeated pings but
Do you mayhaps have any insights on z-ordering or are we fucked

[crisp coral]

nay

[merry raven]

:(

[solar eagle]

all cards in deck is G.deck.cards right?

[tall wharf]

ye i think

[solar eagle]

damn maybe ive fucked up my blind in_pool

[tall wharf]

how do i add condition to the ui nodes

is it even possible without patching the whole thing out

[frosty dock]

depends on what you mean by deck

[merry raven]

Hang on, the draw function for Editions, what's the layer parameter for? In the game's source code, there are layers for the card itself and the card's shadow, maybe I can somehow... cram the particles in between them?

[frosty dock]

G.deck has only the cards in your deck pile, that's the ones you haven't drawn yet

[solar eagle]

ahh

[frosty dock]

G.playing_cards is a list of all cards in your full deck

[frosty dock]

you can patch in ternaries like condition and case1 or case2

[tall wharf]

oh right

thanks for the hint

[merry raven]

WAIT

I think I somehow figured out how to render particle effects behind cards??

[tall wharf]

why does jimbo look so funny with this effect

[merry raven]

Grape jimbo

[wild patrol]

is it possible to select a joker to copy?

as like a tarot ability

instead of being random

[wintry solar]

I think changing which part of G.I the particles go in would affect the z ordering

It’s hard coded right now but could easily be adjusted to take a variable too

[merry raven]

Where do I find this G.I

[viral mesa]

grimbo

[wintry solar]

This bit in particular

I believe you could change it to a different one and it would be layered differently

[merry raven]

So I need to find a way to change G.I.MOVEABLE? Is it an int? Or something?

[wintry solar]

Just patch this line in particular to be something like table.insert(config.layer or G.I.MOVEABLE, self)

Then in the particle definition you should be able to do layer = G.I.whateverthekeyisIdontremember

Maybe NODE?

[merry raven]

Patching adds lines of code doesn't it, how do I replace a line with a patch

[merry raven]

No idea what that is

[wintry solar]

Set the type of patch to at rather than before/after

[wild patrol]

is there an smod equivalent to copy_card? @frosty dock

[runic pecan]

Can I put eval_card(G.jokers.cards[i], {cardarea = G.jokers, remove_playing_cards = true, removed = {context.other_card,}}) after context.other_card:start_dissolve(nil, true) in my joker's calculate function in order to tell other jokers "Hey, I just destroyed this card, um, in case anyone wants to know." since "Played cards that did not score" isn't a case vanilla game has prepared to add into context.removed?

[frosty dock]

no, should there be?

[wild patrol]

Wanted to make a joker card that can just copy another

[frosty dock]

thats a key

[merry raven]

Like this?

[frosty dock]

is stock copy_card lacking any needed functionality?

[wild patrol]

what's the key for doing copy card

cause I doubt it's just copy_card(set = G.jokers.cards, key_append = 'randomteleport')

[frosty dock]

doesn't copy_card take a card as input?

[wintry solar]

No your pattern is the line you want to replace

[merry raven]

Oh I keep forgetting that it's not after

[wild patrol]

              if G.STATE == G.STATES.SMODS_BOOSTER_OPENED then
                play_sound('timpani')
                copy_card(set = G.jokers.cards,  key_append = 'randomteleport')```

[wintry solar]

That’s not how to use copy card

[merry raven]

And as for layer = G.I.whateverthekeyisIdontremember, where do I put it around here? ^

@wintry solar

[wild patrol]

what is the proper way

[merry raven]

The key is voidwalker for the Edition, fm_voidwalker with prefix

[frosty dock]

you're using that like it's similar to SMODS.add_card

it just takes a card as input

like G.jokers.cards[1]

[wintry solar]

G.I.NODE I think

[frosty dock]

or pseudorandom_element(G.jokers.cards, pseudoseed('bleh'))

[wintry solar]

You can also add a 2nd card to copy it on to if needed

[wild patrol]

so I would basically have to rip this line from the vanilla game and rework it?

            local card = copy_card(chosen_joker, nil, nil, nil, chosen_joker.edition and chosen_joker.edition.negative)
            card:start_materialize()
            card:add_to_deck()
            if card.edition and card.edition.negative then
                card:set_edition(nil, true)
            end
            G.jokers:emplace(card)
            return true end }))```

[merry raven]

Guhh I'm still very confused

Where do I put this G.I.NODE, the patch or my Edition with the particles

[wintry solar]

Oh, where 😂 it’s in the particle table

[frosty dock]

that's just because the same expects blinds to have a name for some reason, so smods autofills name with the key

it's not generally true that this is the key

[tall wharf]

ah alright

so i just do blind.key

[merry raven]

Can you write out a snippet of code to point where you are talkin about I'm having trouble comprehending 😭

[frosty dock]

G.GAME.blind.config.blind.key

[tall wharf]

oh

thanks yet again

[violet void]

I need a little help here in having my custom collection tab show a card type I created

But in image 3 I'm unsure about what to put in the red rectangles (I took the code from smods override which defaults to the first picture)

Does anyone happen to have any suggestion

[wintry solar]

Here

[frosty dock]

why are you using SMODS.Center like that

[merry raven]

Ooooooooooh

[violet void]

It was originally Tag(), I was trying something but that didnt work

[frosty dock]

Also can't use use the smods collection util thingy for this

[merry raven]

Just cram in G.I.NODE like this?

[frosty dock]

wait nvm

[merry raven]

Oh wait

I forgot layers

[frosty dock]

if this is like tags, that's different

[wintry solar]

I don’t think they’re like tags from memory

[violet void]

The original

[frosty dock]

I'm confused why it'd be based on the tag collection function then

[violet void]

Because you said I could make use of these 🥹

[frosty dock]

Tag collection UI is the odd one out

everything else (except blinds obviously) is standardized

[violet void]

Custom objects are standardalized?

Mine is neither a Joker nor a Consumable

[merry raven]

Hmm particles are still appearing on top of the card, am I doing anything wrong?

[wintry solar]

Probably not, it probably just doesn’t work

[merry raven]

Aw

[wintry solar]

You could try setting attach = card.children.back

That might work?

[merry raven]

No diggity

[frosty dock]

the util doesn't care

it just needs to be a center

[violet void]

Basically what im trying to do is adding a new tab in here (done) and show the custom card type I made

[frosty dock]

not even that, it just needs to be able to be put on a card

create_UIBox_your_collection_jokers = function() 
    return SMODS.card_collection_UIBox(G.P_CENTER_POOLS.Joker, {5,5,5}, {
        no_materialize = true, 
        modify_card = function(card, center) card.sticker = get_joker_win_sticker(center) end,
        h_mod = 0.95,
    })
end

for instance this is the code for the joker collection

[wild patrol]

              if G.STATE == G.STATES.SMODS_BOOSTER_OPENED then
                copy_card(G.jokers.cards, nil, nil, nil, 'randomteleport')
                card:start_materialize()
                card:add_to_deck()
                G.jokers:emplace(card)
              elseif G.STATE == G.STATES.PLAY_TAROT then
                copy_card(G.jokers.cards, nil, nil, nil, 'randomteleport')
                card:start_materialize()
                card:add_to_deck()
                G.jokers:emplace(card)```

[frosty dock]

you're still using it like create_card

[violet void]

so... I've been overcomplicating things

[frosty dock]

what part about "it takes a card as argument" is so confusing to you?

[wild patrol]

yes

[frosty dock]

local _card = copy_card(G.jokers.cards[1]) (with materializing, emplacing etc.) copies the leftmost joker for example

[wild patrol]

oh wait I think i see what ur saying now

[frosty dock]

I can't break it down further, really

[wild patrol]

so 2 would be the second joker

and so on?

[frosty dock]

mhm

or you can use pseudorandom_element to get a random joker to copy

[wild patrol]

I might have to use random

unless it's possible to manually select one

[merry raven]

I think I managed to almost figure it out? But it just duplicated my particles, BUT there are some that appeared behind the card

Any insights on how I should proceed? @wintry solar

[wintry solar]

Hmmm, would have to delve deeper into how they’re drawn

[violet void]

let me do a recap a sec

So I can remove this part and make it an ObjectType instead

And then for each individual alignment I do SMODS.Center?

[merry raven]

Said duplication: some particles have a second copy trailing behind it

[wintry solar]

It’ll be drawing them twice now

[frosty dock]

no I'm just talking about the collection

I'm saying you can use the util on anything that can belong to a card

[merry raven]

Yeah I just need to find a way to remove the top layer of particles

[frosty dock]

whether it be a conventional center or not

[crisp coral]

since particles' draw is automatically called by nodes engine, create a copy of its draw function for used in Card:draw and make draw nil?

[tall wharf]

😭

[wild patrol]

lmao this broke the game but in a funny way

[tall wharf]

[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
target = "functions/UI_definitions.lua"
pattern = """        {n=G.UIT.R, config={align = "cm",padding = 0.15}, nodes={"""
position = "at"
payload = """
        {n=G.UIT.R, config={align = "cm",padding = 0.15}, nodes = (G.GAME.current_round.advanced_blind) and THOUGHT_BOSS_BLIND or {
"""
overwrite = true
match_indent = true

THOUGHT_BOSS_BLIND = {
    n = G.UIT.B, config = {
        w = 2,
        h = 0.6,
        padding = 0.1,
    }
}

[wild patrol]

I have a joker card I can just drag where ever I want to

[crisp coral]

add the materializing and emplacing stuff

[merry raven]

I'm confused here, what do you want me to make nil, Card:draw or Particles:draw?

[crisp coral]

card.children.particles.draw

also turn off pings

Please

[merry raven]

Oh gotcha

[wild patrol]

guess i'm still missing something but this is kinda funny

              if G.STATE == G.STATES.SMODS_BOOSTER_OPENED then
                local _card = copy_card(G.jokers.cards[1])
                card:start_materialize()
                G.jokers:emplace(card)
              elseif G.STATE == G.STATES.PLAY_TAROT then
                local _card = copy_card(G.jokers.cards[1])
                card:start_materialize()
                G.jokers:emplace(card)
        end```

[wintry solar]

why do you have two conditionals like that?

[violet void]

I've left only this part, but which definition do I need to call

[crisp coral]

why card and not _card...?

[merry raven]

Oh yeah, Eremel, can I DM you for a spot of help on figuring out the particle system
We're real close to a solution

[wintry solar]

yeah sure

[runic pecan]

So uh... bump? Is this how it works?

[wintry solar]

what context are you destroying cards in?

[wild patrol]

@frosty dock do I need a create card fuction as well?

[wintry solar]

you need to use _card not card

[violet void]

Made it work but I'm having that issue of undiscovered text and sprite, does this happen to be standardalized as well?

[runic pecan]

context.after

[tall wharf]

ah finally

[runic pecan]

Holy molly that's a beeg number

[wintry solar]

can you not use context.discard and let it handle destruction for you?

[wild patrol]

so far this is everything i've added into the yugioh mod

[tall wharf]

too small :(

[runic pecan]

I believe I have stated that the cards I want my joker to destroy are the cards that was played but didn't score.

[wintry solar]

okay? and that stops you from using the standard way because?

[runic pecan]

Because players played those cards instead of, you know, discarded them.
And vanilla method only allow me to destroy scored cards.

[wintry solar]

oh sorry not discard

context.destroy_card

[cursive glade]

Did a search through chat history but couldn't find a clear answer.
I decided to try my hand at learning lua, and I love Balatro, so modding it seemd like a good way to learn.
I'm new to SMODS, and while the documentation on github is fairly comprehensive, it's unclear how to do what I want.
TL;DR: How do I detect when a blind is skipped, and when a boss is defeated?

[frosty dock]

no, but your subsequent calls are on card and not _card

[wild patrol]

i saw

like right after I sent that I realized it

lol

[runic pecan]

if context.skip_blind then
and if context.end_of_round and not context.game_over then
https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Guide-‐-Joker-Calculation

[frosty dock]

slight correction for the second one

[cursive glade]

Ah, must have missed that. Thank you 👍

[frosty dock]

context.end_of_round and context.game_over == false

game_over is nil most of the time, so this makes for a unique context while not game_over doesn't

Alternatively use main_eval if you don't care about the value of game_over

[violet void]

aure how can I handle the undiscovered status?

[crisp coral]

i'm fairly certain main_eval doesnt work

[cursive glade]

Awesome! Thanks. Wasn't expecting such a quick and concise answer. Possibly the friendliest modding chat I've ever been in 😄

[frosty dock]

by not doing whatever weird thing you're doing with is_discovered and doing it the same way vanilla centers do?

[crisp coral]

oh it works now

i die

[violet void]

I've found cardsleeve doing this

my card type should never be "locked" but only undiscovered (so I switched it to check for discovered instead)

but with the locked property

[frosty dock]

that's to retroactively handle unlock all

which steamodded should soon handle automatically

[violet void]

but per se this check should be correct no?

[frosty dock]

yes, but the card will only take the discovered state on the center into account when making the sprite

[tight thistle]

oh my god im so stupid, i forgot to set it to the "other" queue so it was getting blocked, this works actually so thank you so much LOL

[violet void]

when I make the actual center I set discovered to false, and the check in the screenshot is only for counting the tally

removing it breaks the counting completely

I suppose it has to be something with my Center type not having its own undiscovered sprite?

But it has the floating circle so im a bit confused

[vital rapids]

"pos = { x = 2, y = 3}"
This means x = 2(px)
And y = 3(py)
Yes?

[violet void]

its the position in the spritesheet

[vital rapids]

Yeah i mean like

Okay like in cryptid code for the reeboot code card it says
Pos = ( x = 2, y = 0)

And he defined px as 71 and py as 95

[elder vapor]

yeah

oh wait

pos = { x = 2, y = 3} means x = 3(px) and y = 4(py)

[frosty dock]

so, have you tried making one?

[violet void]

I copied it from vanilla's undiscovered sprite, but I'm not sure where to tell it it should set that sprite instead

[frosty dock]

SMODS.UndiscoveredSprite:

[vital rapids]

Meaning the position is 2 of x

Yes?

[frosty dock]

think of the atlas as a 2D grid of sprites

x=0,y=0 is the top leftmost sprite

[violet void]

does this not apply for custom center

[frosty dock]

x=0,y=1 is the one below that, etc

[frosty dock]

would have to check, maybe it only applies to consumable types given it's on that page

[tall wharf]

mr John s mods why is my ui not being updated after i changed a variable

[frosty dock]

x=2,y=0 is the third sprite in the top row

[tall wharf]

do i need to recalculate the ui

[frosty dock]

you need to recalculate or use something more dynamic, i.e. using object nodes

[tall wharf]

makes sense

[primal robin]

Is somewhere a place where I can read about difference between old-calc and better-calc?

[vital rapids]

I see thanks

[crude imp]

anyone have any idea how to set add_joker edition to only negative or polychrome??

[violet void]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/discussions/372
I know of this one

[tall wharf]

i feel my mental health improving already

(i went up and am getting food after hours of staring at the code all day)

[violet void]

If I wanted to give that undiscovered sprite to all of my cards of that center, which key would I need to give?
-# its likely I misunderstood this too

the set did not work

I probably need to give the center a custom type to use this

[frosty dock]

key = 'Alignment' doesn't work?

[vital rapids]

So if i have px ad 64 and py as 94
x = 1 and y = 0 would have the (x = 65, y = 0) to (x = 129, y = 94) as the area where the sprite is yes?

Just making sure

[violet void]

no

[tall wharf]

alright

[violet void]

they keep appearing with their discovered sprite plus that floating circle

[violet void]

spritesheet is like this. the icon with the lock is {0,0}

{0, 1} would be the one right below

and so on

[vital rapids]

2 pixel space between each card

[tall wharf]

it doesn't update the text 🥲

[violet void]

for Jokers, at least

[vital rapids]

So when I'm defining px and py am i setting it as the bottom right corner of the card or do i include one pixel of space for each axis

Final question

[elder vapor]

have 1 pixel of dead space around the card

so the atlas is 71x95 but the card is 69x93

[frosty dock]

this is to prevent pixel bleeding^

[fathom verge]

Hey newbie here, I made a quick joker that I am trying to get to just show up in the collections and Im not sure what ive done wrong. this is what i currently have

its in the correct mods location, should balatro/steamodded auto recognize it

[violet void]

this doesnt work either :l

[vital rapids]

Final question

[frosty dock]

you're missing some "quotation marks"

and the atlas path should include the file extension

'palps_card.png' for example

[fathom verge]

RIP

[ionic timber]

Hi, is there any way to debuff the played hand easily ? if so , in what context should I put it in and how exactly do I call it ?

[elder vapor]

your key for your joker and path for your atlas are not strings

oh i didn't see john smods msg

[foggy carbon]

how do I make a joker twitch without giving a message

[crisp coral]

card:juice_up()

[vital rapids]

Okay so since my first card is 62 by 92 my atlas would be 64 by 94

[ionic timber]

or you could also use https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/calculate_functions depending on your problem

[elder vapor]

yes

[vital rapids]

Okay so lets say i wanted a card to give you one legendary joker

Nvm scapping the idea

[tall wharf]

UHM

[crisp coral]

oh simple, just use The Hanged Man

[cursive glade]

Is there a way to make a custom deck start with a specific joker?

[vital rapids]

Welp i cant even get the mod to load

[modern kindle]

Id imagine you can just do v:set_debuff within context.poker_hands no?
So if a hand contains a hand type it's debuffed
If you want specific cards to cause others in the scored hand to be debuffed you can call their ids and make anything but the ids debuffed

[tall wharf]

whose mod

[vital rapids]

mine

[tall wharf]

😭

i feel that

[crisp coral]

you should play 8 wildcards

[vital rapids]

this is all i need for now yes?

[ionic timber]

I didn't even know there was a context.poker_hands to be fair, I started modding yesterday, thanks for the help btw ! I'll try it right now

[vital rapids]

also what exactly am i supposed to have in lovely.toml

[modern kindle]

I'm only about 3 days in myself!
Godspeed to you
I've only been making jokers and got about 18 of em so far haha

[runic pecan]

I thought G.P_SEALS.Purple would work... 🤔

[ionic timber]

damn you're fast man , I'll try doing some jokers aswell after I've finished my deck ! (I wonder if I can even do what I want to do in SMODS.back ?)

[modern kindle]

I just obsess over silly things and this caught my interest
I'm very much still a wee baby compared to some of the people here, but it's been a fun journey

If you have some questions regarding jokers later on feel free to dm :)

[atomic edge]

how do you check if there is spaces in joker area?

[ionic timber]

literally same here, started yesterday and I think I've got about 12hours of modding in the last 2 days lmao

well 10 of those 12 are trying to understand what I'm doing but it's fun

[ionic timber]

well thanks a lot, I'll definitely come by

[worthy stirrup]

How could I make my own stake that only adds rental jokers

[tepid crow]

it should 🤔

[wintry solar]

Is this latest smods build?

[tepid crow]

that's the only thing I can think of too ^

[wintry solar]

You had to do funny things to get seal info queues before a recent change

[tepid crow]

yeah works perfectly fine on 1326a

[worthy stirrup]

so, on the stakes wiki, theres this. If i want to only use the Black Stake and Gold stake, would i list these under applied_stakes

applied_stakes: An array of keys of stakes that should also be applied when this stake is active. This is evaluated recursively to include all stakes applied by applied stakes, so you usually don't need to specify multiple stakes here.

[wintry solar]

Gold stake will apply all the other stakes

[tepid crow]

decks support all (almost all?) the same contexts jokers do if that's what you're wondering about

[worthy stirrup]

i know, but i only want the effects of gold stake without the others

[ionic timber]

yeah that's what I'm wondering about ! thanks

thing is , for example, context.main_scoring doesn't seem to work

[tepid crow]

check out e.g. riff-raff's code

[atomic edge]

yea i figured it out but thanks

[worthy stirrup]

Is there anyway to even do this

[wintry solar]

Is this for a custom stake?

[worthy stirrup]

Yes

I want Black, Orange, and Gold stakes but without the other one's effects

[wintry solar]

You’ll probably just have to make them your own stakes effect then

[worthy stirrup]

fair

ill see if i can find what balatro does

[vital rapids]

making sure this is all correct

[tepid crow]

is that a localization file?

[runic pecan]

I guess that's the reason.

[tepid crow]

yeah some of them won't match perfect, main_scoring might joker only

[worthy stirrup]

okay, if i want to only have it use White Stake as the applied_stakesm what do i feed it, because if im reading it correctly, it seems to give gold/the highest stake

[wintry solar]

Why do you need it to apply white stake?

[worthy stirrup]

im assuming it applies everything if not fed anything, no?